Cynemon sticks it to Crouch End and Turnpike Lane - @original_sol @HaringeyCyclist - OpinioN82019-09-15T07:51:11Zhttps://opinion8.ning.com/forum/topics/cynemon-sticks-it-to-crouch-end-and-turnpike-lane-original-sol-ha?commentId=6311863%3AComment%3A95755&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe phenomenon of "induced de…tag:opinion8.ning.com,2019-06-17:6311863:Comment:960592019-06-17T12:12:42.156ZClive Carterhttps://opinion8.ning.com/profile/CliveCarter
<p>The phenomenon of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">induced demand</a>" is normally applied to cars.</p>
<p>It well-describes the situation where additional lanes or road-widening quickly fills-up, encourages use and creates demands for either more roads, extra-lanes or road-widening. This is a vicious circle that promotes pollution and congestion.</p>
<p>If induced demand for transport is valid, then it suggest the converse is…</p>
<p>The phenomenon of "<a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand" target="_blank">induced demand</a>" is normally applied to cars.</p>
<p>It well-describes the situation where additional lanes or road-widening quickly fills-up, encourages use and creates demands for either more roads, extra-lanes or road-widening. This is a vicious circle that promotes pollution and congestion.</p>
<p>If induced demand for transport is valid, then it suggest the converse is also true: i.e. reducing the space given over to carriageways leads to less traffic.</p>
<p>And it may also hold true for cycle ways:</p>
<p>In the same way that cycling lobbyists like to take photos of cycle-ways that are chock-full of bicycles, Petrolhead-interests (the Telegraph?) love to take photos of newly-built cycleways with not a bicycle in sight.</p>
<p>However given time, they are also likely to fill up, to everyone's benefit. That they are not filling more quickly may be down to other factors, such as the general lack of safe cycle routes and the general risks of using heavily trafficked roads. In the next few years, as the internal combustion engine is phased out, there may come a tipping point, where there is a rapid take-up of cycling infrastructure.</p>
<p>The intellectual dishonesty of the Petrolheads is that they expect a new cycle route to solve all transport problems in the vicinity immediately. Their motivation for this dishonesty is their own transitory inconvenience.</p>
<p>These were the issues faced in Denmark and Holland, the two countries most advanced in cycling infra.</p>
<p></p> [Somewhat off-topic...] You w…tag:opinion8.ning.com,2019-06-16:6311863:Comment:960582019-06-16T19:32:10.501ZBob Lindsay-Smithhttps://opinion8.ning.com/profile/BobLindsaySmith
<p>[Somewhat off-topic...] You were braver than I in cycling on the Holloway Road, even with the lower volumes of traffic in those days! As I remember it was a favourite route for lorries, so many that the police operated a weighbridge to catch any that were overloaded. It was installed in the middle of the road just down from the Coronet (now a Wetherspoons).</p>
<p>[Somewhat off-topic...] You were braver than I in cycling on the Holloway Road, even with the lower volumes of traffic in those days! As I remember it was a favourite route for lorries, so many that the police operated a weighbridge to catch any that were overloaded. It was installed in the middle of the road just down from the Coronet (now a Wetherspoons).</p> I considered the one way sect…tag:opinion8.ning.com,2019-06-14:6311863:Comment:957552019-06-14T08:44:08.418ZAdrian Essexhttps://opinion8.ning.com/profile/2xgptnznjjdvi
<p>I considered the one way section as a possible explanation. I did not search for counter examples to demonstrate that the model takes them into account, on the grounds that surely they can't be that dumb.</p>
<p>I cycled to work either in the city or the west end most days between 1973 and 1999. One of the most satisfying stretches was Holloway Road from the university to Highbury Corner, where a long stretch of carriageway seemed to have been set aside especially for me.</p>
<p>I considered the one way section as a possible explanation. I did not search for counter examples to demonstrate that the model takes them into account, on the grounds that surely they can't be that dumb.</p>
<p>I cycled to work either in the city or the west end most days between 1973 and 1999. One of the most satisfying stretches was Holloway Road from the university to Highbury Corner, where a long stretch of carriageway seemed to have been set aside especially for me.</p> Meanwhile in Birmingham.
A co…tag:opinion8.ning.com,2019-06-14:6311863:Comment:960552019-06-14T08:36:05.311ZAdrian Essexhttps://opinion8.ning.com/profile/2xgptnznjjdvi
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<p><a href="https://digitaledition.telegraph.co.uk/editions/edition_Grczi_2019-06-14/data/673408/index.html?share=1&amp;WT.mc_id=tmgapp_inar_share&amp;utm_source=tmgapp&amp;utm_medium=inar&amp;utm_content=share&amp;utm_campaign=tmgapp_inar_share&amp;Expires=1562886000&amp;Signature=JyWiC2-jrntWMIt6B~DCBS3gI1yWfZb1ZFDAQ6DwGWnUsVQfs8-c4YWLIg8RJAd7X8dHBXiK~3BlM0fm4J7NvQuMspfhLlUwAIrY32jUJNRlG6Xw7HVkh7VUeIHMzePRMKSqYdCzyl2obPS~mHnbCSR6kfhQ3njFDDM8Y8Xfjd20jTGf1wJ45cfBbL9VzMHjMI1HoxCElUiwMxTM7owR0pQKRb-q-~aloMvG5rBuQYEHqdCsTuQTn0eZn~6aiDPs1RLL5i8c3yJTnxd92ysfSytZdF9S0aqy-0OHaWsMo1DuTf5DEoFp0z5ERdRqsqLVz6SZ8FwbH4Cf5--DL9~D-A__&amp;Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLCEPDGCTPVKXNOA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meanwhile in Birmingham.</a></p>
<p class="first_paragraph dropcap auto_dropcap"><em>A council has been criticised for spending £10 million on a bicycle super highway that critics say is little-used and causes traffic jams.</em></p>
<p><em>In April, Birmingham City Council opened a 3-mile segregated two-lane path alongside the A34 to encourage more people to ride bicycles.</em></p>
<p><em>But drivers complain it has increased congestion. Photographs taken at 4pm on a weekday show traffic at a standstill in single file while cycle paths and bus lanes sit empty.</em></p>
<p><em>Mechanic Stephen Bolton, 35, from West Bromwich, said: “They’ve made it worse for the environment. It’s adding to air pollution.”</em></p>
<p><em>The council says it has provided a “safer and more enjoyable cycling experience” that will “help reduce congestion and reduce air pollution”.</em></p>
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<p><em><a href="https://digitaledition.telegraph.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/1536/public/article-pictures/19/06/13/cycle_1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://digitaledition.telegraph.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/1536/public/article-pictures/19/06/13/cycle_1.jpg?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></em></p>
<p>and maybe it is just a cheap shot, with a temporary absence of cyclists , but the criticisms remain. And I admit the Telegraph is bit pro-car</p> Thanks Adrian for a well-rese…tag:opinion8.ning.com,2019-06-14:6311863:Comment:957522019-06-14T06:42:47.676ZBob Lindsay-Smithhttps://opinion8.ning.com/profile/BobLindsaySmith
<p>Thanks Adrian for a well-researched article. I beg to differ with your statement that, based on the cycle usage map, <span>there is no demand for the stretch of road from the end of Turnpike Lane to Crouch End. That map does indeed have a gap in the red line. But only from Hornsey Police Station to the bottom of Church Lane, where it joins High Street. And that is mostly one-way, so the lack of redness could be because traffic volumes are roughly split in two (assuming most journeys are…</span></p>
<p>Thanks Adrian for a well-researched article. I beg to differ with your statement that, based on the cycle usage map, <span>there is no demand for the stretch of road from the end of Turnpike Lane to Crouch End. That map does indeed have a gap in the red line. But only from Hornsey Police Station to the bottom of Church Lane, where it joins High Street. And that is mostly one-way, so the lack of redness could be because traffic volumes are roughly split in two (assuming most journeys are two-way) between that and the one-way stretch of Tottenham Lane. </span></p>
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